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First cyberstalking law
On January 1, 1999, California had becomethe first state to ban cyberstalking and have the law go into effect, or stalking that involves electronic communications. -
Cyberstalking growing
ISPs also are receiving a growing number of complaints about harassing and threatening behavior online. One major ISP receives approximately 15 complaints per month of cyberstalking, in comparison to virtually no complaints of cyberstalking just one or two years ago. -
Increased access to technology
As of September 2002, there were over 182 million people online in the United States. Internet access has grown from 18 million users in1995 to 163 million in 2002. -
Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act
A proposed new law would punish those who bullied, harassed or intimidated others online with jail, a fine, or both.It is designed to deter the kind of behavior which led to the death of Megan Meyers, after a cyber-bullying campaign from the mother of one of her schoolmates. -
Technology
The report, based on supplemental data from the National Crime Victimization Survey, showed that one in four stalking victims had been cyberstalked as well, with the perpetrators using internet-based services such as email, instant messaging, GPS, or spyware. The final report stated that approximately 1.2 million victims had stalkers who used technology to find them -
Stalking laws
The first anti-stalking law was enacted in California in 1990, and while all fifty states soon passed anti-stalking laws, by 2009 only 14 of them had laws specifically addressing "high-tech stalking -
What technology is used
Twenty-six percent of stalking victims report being stalked through the use of some form of technology, such as e-mail, instant messaging (LM), or monitoring through global positioning systems (GPS), Spyware, or digital surveillance. -
Teens and technology
Several recent studies have found that nearly all teenagers are using technology - primarily cell phones and text messaging - and using it to a staggering degree. The incorporation of this pervasive technology use into normal teenage development is occurring largely without adult supervision or modeling. -
Cyberstalking issues
Harry Fletcher of Napo, the probation Union, said that areas such as stalking through social networking sites and the use of the internet to damage reputations were poorly understood by police and not properly defined in law. It is often difficult to get information from internet service providers and proving attribution can be difficult as stalkers have multiple untraceable means of accessing the internet. -
Guide to combat stalking
Digital Stalking; a Guide to Technology Risks will provide professionals working in the space, from police, community safety officers, domestic violence experts and charities, with up to date information on the technology being used against victims, how it works, the risks and step by step advice on how victims can deal with these issues. -
Stalking is easy with modern technology
In the pre-internet/mobile days, it was just harder to stalk someone. The internet has changed all of that.Our digital lives give stalkers the opportunity to gather large amounts of information and insight into us. If they can access an email account, they can read our correspondence, find contacts, send out emails that can embarrass or alienate people. -
Technology helping stalkers
Technical dodges give stalkers flexibility. Special software allows them to send untraceable e-mails from concealed addresses, and investigators say that they are unable to monitor instant messaging. -
Legal Issues
Police and prosecutors say that cyberstalking – the persistent use of the internet, e-mail, social networks, instant messaging or related digital devices to annoy, harass or threaten – is growing, and that they still lack the legal tools to combat it. -
Cyberstalking Now
Although cyberstalking doesn't have a specific start date, with more and more people using technology everyday to communicate with friends, the amount of cybertstalking occurring has gone up significantly.